The Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday voted to make all Hall of Fame ballots public, beginning with the 2018 election.
The vote passed by an 80-9 count. All ballots will be made public seven days after the vote totals are announced.
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Current voting members -- those who have been BBWAA members for 10 consecutive years -- have been encouraged, but were not required, to publicly release their ballots. The BBWAA estimates about half its members have done so.